Ice cream most delicious

When I first started teaching at Jincheon Elementary, I told all of my classes that I would give the top class in each grade a really great prize at the end of the year. I used a star-reward system. At the beginning of each class, I would draw three stars on the board. And I would erase them, one-by-one, if the class was too noisy, rude, not trying, etc. So, it’s the end of the year and I counted up the winners for each grade (3rd thru 6th) and handed out ice cream bars yesterday.

Side note: Ice cream makes Korean students go into a frenzy. They LOVE ice cream. It’s the perfect reward. And since I was ordering in bulk, I was able to snag a great discount from the market next to my school (and free delivery to my office). 🙂

Some of my 6th grade girls found out ahead of time about the ice cream prize and were sweet (hee hee) enough to make me a homemade “thank you/farewell” card. They are graduating this year and are off to middle school – many will move on to Micah’s school.

Here are some of their messages:

“Lisa teacher. Hello Teacher! Thank you and I will eat delicious.”

“Teacher. Wow! I love you so much.”

“Hello baby (my nickname). I’m very love you.”

“Lisa Teacher. I will eat ice cream. When I go to Daejin middle school I will study with your boyfriend. “